40 Fun Facts About The Fever Code

What was Thomas's name before WICKED forced him to accept a new one in The Fever Code?

Stephen clung to his real name until WICKED broke his resistance by force. He was only about five years old at the time.

The Fever Code reveals that Teresa was once which little girl from an earlier prequel?

Deedee was the immune child who survives the first prequel. Teresa reminds Thomas of that past life to steady him before a grim mission.

In The Fever Code, Newt's little sister Lizzy is taken by WICKED and given which new name?

Sonya grew up apart from her brother in a separate group of girls. With Thomas's help, Newt sneaked in to say goodbye before he was sent into the Maze.

In The Fever Code, what does WICKED unleash on Minho as punishment for trying to escape?

A Griever was set on Minho while he sat tied to a chair, then halted just short of hurting him. WICKED repeated the scene so other subjects could watch.

What does Dr. Paige confess to Thomas as he loses consciousness at the end of The Fever Code?

She infected the staff herself, because WICKED's leaders wanted to stop after the Maze Trials. She then had Thomas and the others kill the very people she had made sick.

In which U.S. state is WICKED's hidden headquarters, where Thomas grows up in The Fever Code?

Alaska hides the complex deep in a forest. The Maze itself is built there too, underneath the WICKED buildings.

In The Fever Code, how do Thomas and Teresa talk in secret from their separate rooms at WICKED?

Telepathy links the pair through implants WICKED placed in their heads. Thomas later uses it to call Teresa for help when a Flare-crazed officer attacks him in the woods.

In WICKED's full name in The Fever Code, the word Killzone refers to which part of the body?

The brain is the Flare's kill zone, so WICKED's whole experiment is built around recording how immune children's minds react to what it puts them through.

Which drugged drink does Dr. Paige hand Thomas on the morning he enters the Maze in The Fever Code?

Tea was Paige's final trick, laced with anesthetic. As it took hold she told Thomas he had always been too trusting.

The final scene of The Fever Code leads straight into the opening of which novel?

The Maze Runner had been published seven years earlier, in 2009. Readers of the prequel therefore already knew what was waiting for Thomas when it stopped.

Which boy do Thomas and Teresa find crying in a hallway in The Fever Code, then treat as a brother?

Chuck begged them not to report him for being out of his room. WICKED insisted on calling him Charles, and Thomas shortened it on the spot.

In The Fever Code, what name does Dr. Paige give the secret mission to kill infected WICKED staff?

The Purge sent four immune teenagers through the complex with syringes of poison. Their targets were about twenty infected staff, WICKED's leader among them.

In The Fever Code, where is Thomas flown to test the long-range reach of his implant?

The Scorch later hosts the second phase of the Trials. On this first visit Thomas walks a desert tunnel that escaping prison inmates had once dug.

The Fever Code shows how Newt came by his limp; what did he do inside the Maze?

Newt jumped from a wall in despair a little over a year into the Trials. Thomas pieces it together from footage after seeing Alby help him limp across the Glade.

The Fever Code ends with Thomas, his past forgotten, standing up inside what?

The Box is the supply lift that carries newcomers up into the Glade. The prequel stops at the exact moment the original story begins.

Which American author, also behind The 13th Reality series, wrote The Fever Code?

James Dashner said he had wanted from the start to write a prequel that follows Thomas and his friends right up to the moment he enters the trials.

In The Fever Code, what slang name is given to people who cannot catch the Flare?

Munies are the rare immune survivors, most of them children. WICKED gathers them at its hidden complex to learn why the virus cannot harm them.

Thomas helps test a Flat Trans in The Fever Code; what does this WICKED device do?

A Flat Trans teleports people between distant places. Thomas walks through its shimmering grey wall in a tunnel and comes out in a WICKED building close to home.

Which Glader, the first to die in the Maze Trials, turns violent after a sting in The Fever Code?

George was stung while out running the corridors. An early cure sent up by WICKED only made him worse, and Alby killed him to save another boy.

Newt is not immune to the Flare; why does WICKED still take him in The Fever Code's prologue?

As a control subject, Newt gives WICKED a non-immune child to compare against the others. He grows up knowing the Flare could take him one day.

Where are Thomas, Teresa, Minho and Alby sent as punishment for sneaking outside in The Fever Code?

The Crank pits lay beneath the complex, where WICKED penned infected people for study. Fences kept the children safe, but the walk left all four badly shaken.

Which boy from WICKED's gardens joins Minho's failed escape plan in The Fever Code?

Gally was the only one willing to go. Minho later beat him up, suspecting that his loose tongue had given the plan away.

Which boy is Rachel's partner in designing Group B's Maze in The Fever Code?

Aris and Rachel mirror Thomas and Teresa as elite subjects for the second group. All four are later sent on the same deadly errand inside the complex.

On a Berg flight in The Fever Code, which girl tells Thomas he should make a move with Teresa?

Brenda says the two are clearly more than friends. She then heads off to a city of the infected, hinting she will see Thomas again, which leaves him puzzled.

Before the Maze in The Fever Code, Thomas's friends undergo which memory-suppressing procedure?

The Swipe took Thomas by surprise. Watching from the observation room, he realised his friends' memories were gone, something WICKED had never mentioned to him.

The Fever Code is the second prequel in its series; which earlier prequel is set before it?

The Kill Order shows the first outbreak of the virus through mostly new characters. It is set thirteen years before Thomas arrives in the Glade.

In The Fever Code, what is Thomas's secret reason for asking to be sent into the Maze?

To free his friends was the hidden aim. Thomas had stopped believing a cure was possible, so Teresa pitched the plan to Dr. Paige without revealing their true motive.

WICKED is an acronym in The Fever Code; what does its final letter, D, stand for?

Department completes the name World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department. The film adaptations trimmed the acronym to WCKD.

In The Fever Code's prologue, what happens to Newt's parents when WICKED comes for his sister?

They are shot dead after refusing to hand over their immune daughter. Newt's father fires first, and a WICKED agent kills both parents in front of the children.

After months apart in The Fever Code, how does Teresa let the friends meet in secret again?

Hacking the security system let Teresa feed looped footage to the cameras. The midnight meetings could then resume unseen.

In The Fever Code, WICKED gives children like Thomas, Newt and Alby new names taken from whom?

Famous historical figures supplied the names: Thomas honours Edison, Newt honours Isaac Newton and Alby honours Einstein. Minho is an exception, named after a relative of the author.

In The Fever Code, which WICKED officer makes young Thomas accept his new name and later attacks him?

Randall Spilker eventually catches the Flare himself. After killing two guards he goes for Thomas, who fights back and kills the man he has hated since childhood.

Which future Glader goes by the WICKED-given name Siggy as a child in The Fever Code?

Frypan was born Toby and became Siggy at WICKED. He only picked up his familiar nickname later, among the Gladers.

Which pilot, later an ally of the Gladers, flies Thomas on a WICKED research trip in The Fever Code?

Jorge is introduced at a WICKED meeting as one of two immune recruits being sent out for research. Readers of the later books know him as the undercover leader of a band of the infected.

Through which mechanical spies does Thomas watch his friends inside the Maze in The Fever Code?

Beetle blades are silver, twelve-legged machines that scuttle through the Maze. Their footage feeds the observation room where Thomas sits day after day.

Which Flare-ravaged founder of WICKED begs Thomas and his friends to find a cure in The Fever Code?

John Michael, once WICKED's first leader, had been left among the infected. After pleading with the children he asked for a quick death, and an officer shot him.

Where do Newt, Minho and Alby hold the secret midnight meetings Thomas joins in The Fever Code?

A maintenance room hosted the gatherings for nearly a week. Then the group pushed their luck by slipping outside, and WICKED caught them.

Which boy acts as the Gladers' first leader in The Fever Code, often arguing with Alby and Newt?

Nick appointed himself leader of the Glade. He was also the running partner of the first Glader to be stung.

After WICKED's infected leaders are killed in The Fever Code, which title does Dr. Ava Paige take?

Chancellor had been Kevin Anderson's post. Paige took the title after sending Thomas and three other immune teenagers to kill him and the rest of the infected staff.

In The Fever Code, what does WICKED use to make young Thomas answer to his new name?

A pain stimulator was injected into the boy's neck and set off at the touch of a button. He held out through several rounds before giving in.